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European markets extended gains for a third day on Friday, as China’s move to boost bank lending outweighed data showing slower-than-expected US job growth and a fall in German industrial output. In a strong week for European stocks after what investors saw as a positive turn of political events in Britain, Italy and Hong Kong as well as signals on resumption of US-China trade...

European shares fell for the first time in four sessions on Tuesday, as uncertainty over Britain's chaotic exit from the European Union and continuing trade tensions between the United States and China weighed on sentiment. British lawmakers will decide on Tuesday whether to move Britain one step closer to a snap election when they vote on the first stage of their plan to block...

Irish shares rose on Monday, a day on which volume was thin due to a US market holiday, Labour Day. Elsewhere, London’s Ftse 100 surged 1 per cent on Monday, shrugging off news of the latest US-China trade tariffs, as exporter stocks firmed following a slide in sterling on the prospect of an election against the backdrop of Brexit. European stocks more broadly also edged higher...

European shares ticked higher in thin trade on Monday as surprisingly positive data from China helped weather a hit from the latest round of tit-for-tat tariffs between the United States and China that came into effect over the weekend. China’s factory output unexpectedly expanded in August, the Caixin/Markit Manufacturing PMI showed on Monday, compared with an official report...